John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States (1767 - 1848) - Genealogy John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States Also Known As: "Old Man Eloquent", "President John Quincy Adams", "6th President of the United States" Birthdate: in Washington, District of Columbia, United States Cause of death: Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States Immediate Family: 6th President of the USA, Lawyer (Harvard College), Congressman, US President Managed by: July 11 1767 - Braintree, MA Death: Feb 23 1848 - Washington D.C.

Parents: John Adams, Abigail Adams (born Smith) Siblings: Abigail "nabby" Smith (born Adams), Susanna “suky” Adams, Charles Adams, Thomas “hon” Boylston Adams, Elizabeth Adams Wife: Louisa Catherine Adams (born Johnson) Children: July 11 1767 - Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Death: Feb 23 1848 - Washington City, District Of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA Parents: John Adams, Abigail Adams (born Smith) Siblings: ...l Amelia "nabby" Adams, Susanna Adams, Charles Adams, Thomas Boylston Adams, Sarah Jane Adams, Elizabeth Adams, CJ, Caroline Adams July 11 1767 - Braintree/Quincy, Suffolk, MA Death: Feb 23 1846 - Speaker's Room, Congress, Washington, D.C.

Parents: President John Adams, Abigail Amelia Adams (born Smith) Siblings: Abigail (Nabby) Amelia Smith (born Adams), Susanna Adams, Charles Francis Adams, Thomas Boylston Adams, Elizabeth Adams, Mary Ann Adams Wife: Louisa Catherine Adams (born Johnson) Children: July 11 1767 - Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, British America Death: Feb 23 1848 - Speaker's Room, Congress, Washington, D.C. Parents: President John Adams, II, Abigail Quincy Adams Wife: Louisa Catherine Adams Children: ...ms, II, Charles Francis Adams, Sr., Louisa Catherine Adams, Charles Francis Adams, Carolina Adams, John Adams, Carolina Adams, Thomas Hol... Siblings: Louisa C.

Adams (born Johnson) Daughter: July 11 1767 - Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Death: Feb 23 1848 - Washington City, District Of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA Parents: John Adams President, Abigail Quincey President (born Smith) Siblings: July 11 1767 - Braintree, Suffolk County (Present Norfolk County), Massachusetts Bay Colony Death: Feb 25 1848 - Washington, DC Parents: John Adams, Abigail Quincy Adams (born Smith) Wife: July 11 1767 - Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Death: Feb 23 1848 - Washington, District of Columbia, USA Parents: John Adams, President, Abigail Quincy Adams (born Smith) Siblings: July 11 1767 - Braintree, MA Death: Feb 23 1848 - Quincy, MA Parents: John Adams, Abigail Quincy Adams (born Smith) Wife: Louisa Catherine Adams (born Johnson) Son: John Adams, Abigail Adams (born Smith) Wife: Louisa Catherine Adams (born Johnson) Children: About Hon.

John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the USA John Quincy Adams was the Sixth President 1825-1829 â¢ Son of John Adams 2nd President Born: July 11, 1767 in Braintree, Massachusetts. Died: February 23, 1848, after collapsing on the floor of the House of Representatives in the Capital, Washington DC two days earlier. He died doing what he loved to do. He felt that the House of Rep. was the place where the people are truly represented. Married to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams. John Quincy Adams (July 11, 1767âFebruary 23, 1848) was an American diplomat and politician who served as the sixth President of the United States from March 4, 1825 to March 4, 1829. At various times he was a member of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later Anti-Masonic and Whig parties. Adams was the son of the second President John Adams and his wife Abigail Adams.

He is most famous as a diplomat involved in many international negotiations, and for formulating the Monroe Doctrine as Secretary of State. As president he proposed a grand program of modernization and educational advancement, but was stymied by a hostile Congress. Adams decisively lost his 1828 bid for re-election to Andrew Jackson. Adams became a U.S. Representative after leaving office, the only president ever to do so, serving for the last 17 years of his life. In the House he became a leading opponent of the Slave Power and argued that if a civil war ever broke out the president could abolish slavery by using his war powers, which Abraham Lincoln did during the American Civil War in the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation. Two tears after the war started. "Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish" - John Quincy Adams. First of all, let me tell you something I learned the hard way. It's pronounced [quinzy] not [quintsy]. I was told that by two tour guides plus four pedestrians I asked directions from. John Quincy, John Q. Adams' maternal great grandfather, specifically stated in his will that his name was pronounced [quinzy].

And the folks roundabout call the town [quinzy]. So as you are reading this (if you are), say [quinzy], not [quintsy]. Thank you. Child of JOHN ADAMS and ABIGAIL SMITH is: JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, b. July 11, 1767, Braintree, Massachusetts; d. February 23, 1848, Washington, D.C.; m. LOUISA CATHERINE JOHNSON; b. February 12, 1775, London, England; d. May 15, 1852, Washington, D.C. Notes for JOHN QUiNCY ADAMS: The first President who was the son of a President, John Quincy Adams in many respects paralleled the career as well as the temperament and viewpoints of his illustrious father. Born in Braintree, Massachusetts, in 1767, he watched the Battle of Bunker Hill from the top of Penn's Hill above the family farm. As secretary to his father in Europe, he became an accomplished linguist and assiduous diarist. After graduating from Harvard College, he became a lawyer.

At age 26 he was appointed Minister to the Netherlands, then promoted to the Berlin Legation. In 1802 he was elected to the United States Senate. Six years later President Madison appointed him Minister to Russia. Serving under President Monroe, Adams was one of America's great Secretaries of State, arranging with England for the joint occupation of the Oregon country, obtaining from Spain the cession of the Floridas, and formulating with the President the Monroe Doctrine. In the political tradition of the early 19th century, Adams as Secretary of State was considered the political heir to the Presidency. But the old ways of choosing a President were giving way in 1824 before the clamor for a popular choice. Within the one and only party--the Republican--sectionalism and factionalism were developing, and each section put up its own candidate for the Presidency. Adams, the candidate of the North, fell behind Gen. Andrew Jackson in both popular and electoral votes, but received more than William H. Crawford and Henry Clay. Since no candidate had a majority of electoral votes, the election was decided among the top three by the House of Representatives.

Clay, who favored a program similar to that of Adams, threw his crucial support in the House to the New Englander. Upon becoming President, Adams appointed Clay as Secretary of State. Jackson and his angry followers charged that a "corrupt bargain" had taken place and immediately began their campaign to wrest the Presidency from Adams in 1828. Well aware that he would face hostility in Congress, Adams nevertheless proclaimed in his first Annual Message a spectacular national program. He proposed that the Federal Government bring the sections together with a network of highways and canals, and that it develop and conserve the public domain, using funds from the sale of public lands. In 1828, he broke ground for the 185-mile C & 0 Canal. Adams also urged the United States to take a lead in the development of the arts and sciences through the establishment of a national university, the financing of scientific expeditions, and the erection of an observatory. His critics declared such measures transcended constitutional limitations. The campaign of 1828, in which his Jacksonian opponents charged him with corruption and public plunder, was an ordeal Adams did not easily bear.

After his defeat he returned to Massachusetts, expecting to spend the remainder of his life enjoying his farm and his books. Unexpectedly, in 1830, the Plymouth district elected him to the House of Representatives, and there for the remainder of his life he served as a powerful leader. Above all, he fought against circumscription of civil liberties. In 1836 southern Congressmen passed a "gag rule" providing that the House automatically table petitions against slavery. Adams tirelessly fought the rule for eight years until finally he obtained its repeal. In 1848, he collapsed on the floor of the House from a stroke and was carried to the Speaker's Room, where two days later he died. He was buried--as were his father, mother, and wife--at First Parish Church in Quincy. To the end, "Old Man Eloquent" had fought for what he considered right. WIKIPEDIA: John Quincy Adams (July 11, 1767 â February 23, 1848) was the sixth President of the United States from March 4, 1825, to March 4, 1829.

He was also an American diplomat and served in both the Senate and House of Representatives. He was a member of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later Anti-Masonic and Whig parties. Adams was the son of President John Adams and Abigail Adams. The name "Quincy" came from Abigail's maternal grandfather, Colonel John Quincy, after whom Quincy, Massachusetts is named.[2][pn 1] As a diplomat, Adams was involved in many international negotiations, and helped formulate the Monroe Doctrine as Secretary of State. Historians agree he was one of the great diplomats in American history.[3] As president, he proposed a program of modernization and educational advancement, but was stymied by Congress, controlled by his enemies. Adams lost his 1828 bid for re-election to Andrew Jackson. In doing so, Adams became the first President since his father to serve a single term. As president, Adams presented a vision of national greatness resting on economic growth and a strong federal government, but his presidency was not a success as he lacked political adroitness, popularity or a network of supporters, and ran afoul of politicians eager to undercut him.

Adams is best known as a diplomat who shaped American's foreign policy in line with his deeply conservative and ardently nationalist commitment to America's republican values. More recently he has been portrayed as the exemplar and moral leader in an era of modernization when new technologies and networks of infrastructure and communication brought to the people messages of religious revival, social reform, and party politics, as well as moving goods, money and people ever more rapidly and efficiently.[4] Adams was elected a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts after leaving office, the only president ever to do so, serving for the last 17 years of his life. In the House he became a leading opponent of the Slave Power and argued that if a civil war ever broke out the president could abolish slavery by using his war powers, which Abraham Lincoln partially did during the American Civil War in the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation. Deeply troubled by slavery, Adams correctly predicted the dissolution of the Union on the issue, though the series of bloody slave insurrections he foresaw never came to pass. _______________________________________________________________________________ His father's advice: Late in life, John Adams looked over the wreckage of his family and advised his presidential son that family and kindness were paramount.

But they had educated John Quincy too well for too long. In John Quincyâs own words, he was a rigid, cold, unyielding martinet. esource: ________________________________________________________________________________ Hon. John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the USA's Timeline 1767 Like Father, Like Son: Presidential Families | EDSITEment Like Father, Like Son: Presidential Families Created September 29, 2010 Introduction John Adams No man who ever held the office of President would congratulate a friend on obtaining it." These do not sound like the words of the father of one of our nation's Presidents. In fact, these words were spoken by John Adams — our nation's second President and the father of John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States. How unusual is it for a father and son to become President of the United States? It has now happened twice in our nation's history: first with the Adamses and, more recently, with the Bushes. The lessons in this unit provide an opportunity for students to learn about and discuss two U.S. families in which both the father and son became President. Students will address questions such as: What types of people might become President of the United States?

What type of training as a child do you think these father/son pairs had to enable them to become President? Students will explore how these Presidential sons were like their fathers, and will personally explore how they think they are like their own parents. Guiding Questions How unusual is it that a father and son become President of the United States? How often has this happened? Who were the families? Learning Objectives After completing the lessons in this unit, students will be able to Understand that in U.S. history, there are two sets of father and son who have been President. The family units are John Adams and John Quincy Adams, and George Bush and George W. Bush. Understand the role of the President of the United States and symbols of the presidency in the present. These lessons employ visual (pictures/books/photos) as well as auditory (listening) and aural (discussion) skills. Fine motor skills are utilized in drawings, though ability to use detail will be determined by grade levels and skill levels within each grade. Multi-modal lessons encourage students with special needs to be able to use their skill strengths in responding within the lesson format.

Background The following background information on father-and-son Presidents may be useful for you and/or your students as you complete the lessons in this unit: John Adams, 2nd U.S. President, 1797-1801. Born Oct. 30, 1735 in Massachusetts. Died July 4, 1826. Wife: Abigail Smith. Occupation: lawyer. College: Harvard. Federalist Party. Age 61 at Inauguration. John Quincy Adams, 6th U.S. President, 1825-1829. Born July 11, 1767 in Massachusetts. Died February 23, 1848. Wife: Louisa Catherine Johnson. Occupation: lawyer. College: Harvard. Democratic-Republican. Age 58 at Inauguration. John Quincy Adams is the first president to pose for a photograph, which according to Adams's diary happened in March 1843. Preparation Instructions An Interesting Fact: Members of the White House staff and media frequently use the term "POTUS" to refer to the President of the United States.

This shorthand reference is commonly used in memos, office correspondence, notes and other communications. The First Lady is referred to as "FLOTUS." Online Resources: For the lessons in this unit, you will need portraits or photographs of each President featured. The following links provide images of the presidents, as well as background biographical information. John Adams: Two portraits of President John Adams are available through the EDSITEment-reviewed American Memory . To find them, go to the subject index in the collection "By Popular Demand: Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present" and click on the link to "Adams, John,--1735-1826." Background information and a portrait of John Adams are available through the EDSITEment resource The American President . John Quincy Adams: Two portraits of John Quincy Adams are available through the EDSITEment resource American Memory .

To find them, go to the subject index in the collection "By Popular Demand: Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present" and click on the link to "Adams, John Quincy,--1767-1848." Background information and a portrait available through the EDSITEment resource The American President . George Bush: A portrait of George Bush is available through American Memory 's "By Popular Demand: Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present" collection. In the subject index scroll down several lines and click on the link to "Bush, George,--1924-." Biographical information and a portrait of George W. Bush are available through the White House website . The George Bush Presidential Library and Museum website features several pictures of George W. Bush, including an image with his wife and children and another showing the elder George Bush with his four sons (George W. is second from the right). George Bush with his four sons (George W. Bush is second from right). Print Resources: The following titles are available at many public and school libraries. Each contains numerous photos that are appropriate to these lessons. Bush, Barbara.

Millie's Book: As Dictated to Barbara Bush. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc. 1990. Bush, George. All the Best, George Bush: My Life in Letters and Other Writings. New York: Scribner. 1999. Bush, George W. A Charge to Keep. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc. 1999. Lesson Activities Activity 4. Like Father, Like Son - John Adams and John Quincy Adams Activity 1. Same and Different Begin this lesson by introducing or reviewing with students the concepts of alike and different. Ask students how they are "alike" their parent(s). (Note: Sensitivity to single parent families and to reconstituted families with stepparents is recommended.) Make a list of students' responses on the blackboard, chart, etc. Students' responses may include that they have the same color eyes, enjoy reading, like to ride bikes, or other appropriate answers. After several answers are given, ask students how is each "different from" their parent(s). List elicited responses, such as food likes and dislikes, desire for quiet, solo adventures vs. group activities, etc.

Continue the discussion about how children and parents are alike and different from each other. Then, expand the discussion to address whether one family might be like another family. Ask students, "Do you think other families can also be alike and different?" List students' responses. (Examples of responses may include: "Jane's family and my family both live in a brick house," "Tom's dad likes to ride a motorcycle," "My family likes to camp on vacations and so does Mary's," "My dad likes to . . .," etc.) Optional activity: To conclude this lesson, children may share with a partner and/or table mates how each is similar to and different from his or her own family members. This activity will serve to confirm the concept of same and different. Activity 2. George W. Bush, Our 43rd President Let students know that in this lesson, they will start to learn about two families that are alike in some ways and different in some ways. The two families are the same/alike because each has a father and a son who became the President of the United States. Ask students if they know who these families might be. Display an image of President George W. Bush. Ask students who is shown in the picture.

(If needed, assist students in reaching the conclusion that George W. Bush is the 43rd President of the United States.) Lead students in a discussion of the role of the U.S. President. Who is the President? What does the President do? What is his job? This discussion, which may be stimulated by photos and books cited, will typically be literal, in the present, and reflective of information and opinions received through family members. Responses may be written in word or word/picture format, as appropriate to students' grade and skill level. Responses may indicate concepts of meetings with foreign leaders, meetings with government or congressional leaders, ceremonies, trips and other functions. To conclude this lesson, give each student a large sheet of drawing paper folded into four quadrants. Ask students to draw four activities that the President of the United States engages in to reflect student's concepts of President's varied job responsibilities. This project may be titled "What does the President do?" If you wish, the project may serve as the basis of a bulletin board and may be a good product, representative of a lesson and discussion, to send home or to include in student's portfolio. Activity 3. Like Father, Like Son - George Bush and George W.

Bush Show students one or more photos of George Bush, the 41st President of the U.S. Use these photos to stimulate further discussion about the President's job and responsibilities, importance of the office and what it's like to live in the White House. Encourage students to share their own impressions and ideas gleaned from family discussions and the media. Through this discussion and the photos students view, students should discover that the President has a family, hobbies, interests, college experiences, business experience and other life experience outside of his role as President. Students may suggest that the President and his (or her) family are "a lot like mine" or may reflect on ways in which their own families are different from the President's family. Print resources may be helpful here. Activity 4. Like Father, Like Son - John Adams and John Quincy Adams To introduce students to Presidents John and John Quincy Adams, roll a large ball from the front to the back of the room, to suggest moving back in time.

Additional activities to focus on the concept of time in the "past" may also include: Have students stand on a time line that has been marked with the names of the four Presidents being studied in this lesson and the years of their terms: 1797-1801, 1825-1829, 1989-1993 and 2001-(present). Have students walk backwards to suggest "going back in time." Using the number line typical to many elementary classrooms, attach the names of Presidents to their respective number: John Adams, 2; John Quincy Adams, 6; George Bush, 41; and George W. Bush, 43. Display photos of John Adams and son John Quincy Adams. (Additional information on these presidents is available under Preparing to Teach This Unit, above, and through the EDSITEment resource The American President .) Returning to the theme of Activity 1, review the concepts of same/alike and different. Using all visuals available, work with students to identify similarities and differences between the Adams and Bush fathers/sons, and create a list of students' answers.

These discussions may reflect comparisons of places of birth, colleges, marriages, families, pets, clothes, travels, presidential highlights or other factors. Students also may notice similarities or differences in how the Presidents were thought of by the American people. For example, George Bush has been described as the "Kinder and Gentler President" and John Quincy Adams, "The Diplomat President." George W. Bush might become known as the "Compassionate and Conservative President" or the "Education President." Another similarity between these two families, of course, is that both father and son became President of the United States. Use the following questions with students to summarize what they have learned through these lessons about the concept of father/son presidencies: How do you think George Bush felt when he watched his son being inaugurated as President? How do you think John Adams felt when his son was inaugurated as President? (John Adams died one year after his son's inauguration.) How unusual is it for a father and son to both become President of the U.S.? (With 43 presidents, only two families have achieved that distinction - the second and sixth Presidents, and the 41st and 43rd).

Why do you think George Bush once referred to George W. Bush as "Quincy"? Optional concluding activity: Have students create individual drawings or a mural (class project) of the presidents engaged in their activities. If this unit is initiated near Father's Day, drawings of father/son presidents and father/son-daughter activities are appropriate as possible Father's Day cards. The lessons in this unit also could be used around President's Day in February. Assessment The national standards and skills/concepts employed in this lesson are "long range" in nature and internalized by students at different rates and with varying degrees. No formal evaluation or test is suggested as a follow-up to these lessons. At various and appropriate times, such as Presidents' Day or on the occasion of a current news event, you may wish to review and reinforce concepts of this lesson with students. The Basics History and Social Studies > U.S. History and Social Studies > U.S. History History and Social Studies > Themes > Politics and Citizenship Skills President Genealogy | Family History & Family Tree Bill Clinton Genealogy Bill Clinton was president during a time of great national prosperity and peace. Because of this, Clinton left office with the highest approval rating of any U.S.

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Washington was an extremely influential figure in the establishment of the United States, as he also oversaw the writing of the Constitution. Often regarded as the "father of this nation", President George Washington continues to be one of the most popular American presidents in history. Find Records Now for Free Start your free trial today to learn more about your ancestors using our powerful and intuitive search. Cancel any time, no strings attached. Adams Genealogy - President John Adams Family History View Records » John Adams Genealogy John Adams, Jr., first Vice President and second President of the United States, was born 30 October, 1735 (October 19 by the Julian calendar), in Braintree (now part of Quincy) Massachusetts. He was the son of John Adams, Sr., and Susanna Boylston Adams. John Adams, Sr. (1691-1761), was the great-grandson of Henry Adams, who emigrated from Braintree, Essex, England to Massachusetts about 1640. John was a farmer and cobbler, but also a deacon in his church, a lieutenant in the militia and a selectman, or town councilman, who supervised schools and roads.

He was often referred to as "Deacon John," reflecting his religious role and differentiating him from his son John. John's mother, Susanna Boylston Adams, was born 5 March 1708 in Brookline, Massachusetts. She His mother, Susanna Boylston Adams, was a descendant of the Boylstons of Brookline. After the death of her first husband, Susanna married Lt. John Hall. She died 17 April 1797 in Quincy, Massachusetts. Susannah's grandfather, Thomas Boylston (1615-1653), left England for America in 1635, where he settled in Watertown, MA and married Sarah (last name unknown). Thomas and Sarah were the parents of another Thomas (1644-?), who married Mary Gardner (1648-1722), daughter of Thomas Gardner. Their child, Susanna's father Peter Boylston (1687-1743), married Ann (or Anna) White. Young John Adams was educated at Harvard College; he practiced law in Boston and developed a reputation as a political theorist and writer.

He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress from Massachusetts, and was one of those who drafted the Declaration of Independence. He was elected to the post of Vice President under George Washington, and served two terms. He was elected President in 1796, but was not elected to a second term. One of his major accomplishments was the resolution of the "Quasi War" with France, an undeclared war lasting from 1798-1800. Adams Family Tree Adams Family History The Adams family in America stems from the emigrant Henry Adams, who married Edith Squire and settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. His many children emigrated with him, including a son Joseph. Joseph Adams (1626-1691) married Abigail Baxter of Boston in 1650; they were the parents of a second Joseph (1654-1705), who married three times. His first wife, Mary Chapin, died in 1687; the following year he married Hannah Bass (1662-1705), the daughter of John and Ruth Alden Bass. Joseph's third wife, after the death of Hannah, was Elizabeth Hobart.

Joseph and Hannah Bass Adams were the parents of John Adams, Sr. -- often called Deacon John, the father of President John Adams. Through Ruth Alden Bass, the Adams' were descended from Mayflower Pilgrims John and Priscilla Alden. John Adams and Abigail Smith On October 25, 1764, John Adams married Abigail, the daughter of Reverend William Smith and his wife Elizabeth Quincy Smith. She was born in Weymouth, MA, in 1744, where her father was a Congregationalist minister. Abigail's mother, Elizabeth Quincy, was born in 1721 in Braintree, MA, the daughter of John Quincy and Elizabeth Norton. John Quincy was Speaker of the Massachusetts Assembly and part of the Governor's council. John and Abigail's Descendants Abigail gave birth to six children, of which four grew to adulthood. Their children were: Abigail "Nabby" (1765-1813), who married William Stephens Smith and had four children: William Steuben Smith, John Adams Smith, Thomas Hollis Smith, and Caroline Amelia Smith.

John Quincy (1767-1848), who became the sixth U.S. President and married Louisa Catherine Johnson. They had four children: George Washington Adams, John Adams, Charles Francis Adams, and Louisa Catherine Adams. Susanna (1768-1770) Charles (1770-1800), who married Sarah Smith and had two children: Susanna Boylston Adams and Abigail Louisa Adams. Thomas Boylston (1772-1832), who married Ann Harrod and had seven children: Abigail Smith Adams, Elizabeth Coombs Adams, Thomas Boylston Adams, Isaac Hull Adams, John Quincy Adams, and Joseph Harrod Adams. Elizabeth (stillborn 1777) Abigail Smith Adams died at their home in Quincy of typhoid fever on October 28, 1818. Her husband died at Quincy on July 4, 1826, the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. They are buried beside each other in a crypt at the United First Parish Church (also called the Church of the Presidents) in Quincy.

Find Records Now for Free Start your free trial today to learn more about your ancestors using our powerful and intuitive search. Cancel any time, no strings attached. Adams--Presidents: A Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary Betty Agati for the National Park Service Adams National Historical Park was the home of John Adams, the second president of the United States, and his son John Quincy Adams, the sixth president. Distinguished in public service and in literary pursuits, four generations of the Adams family left its stamp on the history of the United States and on this site. Set on 13 acres in Quincy, Massachusetts, the park includes the birthplaces of both President Adams. Built in the 17th century and only about 75 feet apart, these two New England "saltbox” houses are the oldest intact presidential birthplaces in the United States. In 1788, John Adams moved his family and law office a short distance to a working farm that he called “Peacefield.” Here he retired in 1801, at the end of his term as president, and here he died on July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

John Quincy Adams spent most of his adult life abroad or in Washington, but returned to the family home whenever he could. The Adams family called “Peacefield,” or “Old House,” home for 139 years. John Adams Birthplace John Adams’ father purchased this 17th-century frame house and seven acres of land in 1720. The house probably consisted of two rooms on each floor, arranged on either side of a massive central chimney. A lean-to addition on the back gave it its characteristic “saltbox” form. John Adams was born in the east bedchamber in 1735. He lived here until 1764, when he married Abigail Smith and moved 75 feet away to the house where his son, John Quincy, would be born three years later. The house was a rental property after 1780, when John Adams’ mother died. John Quincy Adams Birthplace John Adams inherited this 17th-century saltbox house, which is remarkably similar to his own birthplace next door, in 1761. Here he and his young wife started their family and the future second president launched his career in politics and law.

John Adams maintained his law office in the house and he, Samuel Adams, and James Bowdoin wrote the Massachusetts Constitution here. This document, still in use today, influenced the United States Constitution. John Quincy Adams was born in an upstairs bedchamber in 1767 and spent his childhood here. John Adams spent most of the period between 1767 and 1788 away from home, but his family continued to live in this house. In 1803, John Quincy Adams purchased his birthplace from his father and lived there from 1805 until 1807, when he moved to Boston. Both houses contain authentic 18th and 19th-century furnishings, although except for a few pieces they are not original items. John Quincy Adams birthplace National Park Service “Peacefield” or Old House John Adams bought a farm outside Quincy in 1788. He named the farm “Peacefield” and moved his family to the original house on the property the following year. The family soon began referring to the house as “Old House,” for the country villa the original owner built in 1731. Adams immediately began to expand the house.

He hoped to settle down here as a farmer, but his many public duties kept him from carrying out that plan until the end of his presidential term of office. During that time, his wife continued to enlarge the house and managed the farm. John Adams lived here year-round from 1801 until his death in 1826. John Quincy Adams, who spent most of his life either abroad or in Washington,DC, used “Old House” as his summer retreat. Like his father, he continued to expand and modernize the building. Adams’ son, Civil War minister to Great Britain Charles Francis Adams, and grandsons, writers and historians Brooks and Henry Adams, lived in the house until 1927. The house that John Adams bought consisted of a seven bay, two-story building facing the street with a kitchen ell in the back. In 1800, he almost doubled the size of the house by building a two and one-half story, L-shaped addition on the east end. The style of the wing is Georgian, to harmonize with the original building. It contains a large reception room, the “Long Room,” on the first floor.

John Quincy Adams renovated the house and added a wing connecting the addition to the kitchen ell. The present house also incorporates additions and renovations made by Charles Francis Adams. Furnished with a remarkable collection of furniture and decorative items, the house remains as it did when the family departed in 1927. Much of the china, pottery, glassware, paintings, and some pieces of furniture reflect the diplomatic background of John, John Quincy, and Charles Francis Adams who each returned with prized possessions from their various European missions. The property includes a woodshed, duck pond, orchard, and 18th-century garden dating from the days of John Adams. Stone Library John Quincy Adams requested in his will a fireproof building, separate from the house, for his books and papers. In 1870, Charles Francis Adams, his son, built the Stone Library with the help of Boston architect Edward Cabot. Located just to the northwest of the Old House at the edge of a formal garden, the stone library holds over 14,000 volumes. The granite and brick library is a single one-story room with a slated gable roof.

The Medieval style, a departure from the Colonial style of the first two generations, reflects the elegant tastes of the third generation and the first of many alterations to the surrounding grounds. Floor to ceiling oak bookcases line the interior walls. Natural light comes from a skylight and French doors on the south, west, and north walls. Interior of the Stone Library National Park Service A giant among the Founding Fathers, John Adams was one of the leaders of the movement for independence. He was on the committee responsible for drafting the Declaration of Independence and steered it through the Continental Congress. During the Revolution, he served the nation as a diplomat, helping to negotiate the peace treaty that ended the war. Elected vice president in 1788, he found the position frustrating. He won the vote to succeed Washington as president by only a narrow margin and soon had to deal with the international tensions created by the French Revolution, tensions which soon split his Federalist Party. One of his greatest achievements was keeping the young United States out of a declared war with France while protecting American shipping rights on the high seas. John Quincy Adams was one of America’s great secretaries of state.

His accomplishments include obtaining Florida from Spain and working with his president James Monroe to formulate the Monroe Doctrine. During his single term as president, John Quincy Adams sought to bolster domestic business by proposing federally funded roads and canals and protective tariffs. He was an abolitionist and defender of Indian rights, and frequently opposed States rights. Adams realized few of his initiatives, because most Americans favored minimal government at that time. Defeated by Andrew Jackson in 1828, Adams went home to Massachusetts, but a year later, his district elected him to the House of Representatives, where he served for 18 years. He was an outspoken opponent of the expansion of slavery and supporter of the constitutional right of the people to petition the government on that question. “Old Man Eloquent” collapsed while addressing the House in February 1848 and died two days later at the age of 81. Plan your visit The Visitor Center for the Adams National Historical Park, a unit of the National Park System, is located at 1250 Hancock St., Quincy, MA. John Adams Birthplace and John Quincy Adams Birthplace have both been designated as National Historic Landmarks.

Click on the following links for The National Register of Historic Places files for Adams National Historic Site: text and photos , John Adams Birthplace: text and photos , and John Quincy Adams Birthplace: text and photos . The park is open from April 19th to November 10th. During this time, the park is open daily from 9:00am to 5:00pm. An entrance fee includes guided tours of the Presidential Birthplaces unit and the Old House unit, and travel between them and the Visitor Center by trolley bus. Tours last approximately two hours and depart regularly from the Visitor Center. The last tour leaves at 3:15pm daily. The Visitor Center is open during the Winter Season, Tuesday through Friday from 10:00am to 4:00pm. For more information, visit the National Park Service Adams National Historical Park website or call 617-770-1175. John Adams - U.S. Presidents - HISTORY.com Google Early Years Born in Braintree (present-day Quincy), Massachusetts , on October 30, 1735, John Adams was the oldest of John and Susanna Boylston Adams’ three sons.

The elder Adams was a farmer and shoemaker who also served as a Congregationalist deacon and an official in local government. Did You Know? In November 1800, John Adams became the first president to reside in the White House. Construction of the presidential home, which was designed by Irish-born architect James Hoban, began in 1792. President Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) officially named it the White House in 1901. A strong student, Adams graduated from Harvard College in 1755. He then taught school for several years and studied law with an attorney in Worcester, Massachusetts. Adams began his law career in 1758 and eventually became one of Boston’s most prominent attorneys. In 1764, he married Abigail Smith (1744-1818), a minister’s daughter from Weymouth, Massachusetts, with whom he went on to have six children. Abigail Adams would prove to be her husband’s trusted confidant. Well-read and possessed of her own intellectual gifts, she corresponded regularly with Adams, especially when he was away in Europe for long periods of time.

Surviving letters show her to be a pragmatic thinker and influential in her husband’s career. A Rising Figure in the American Revolution During the 1760s, Adams began challenging Great Britain’s authority in colonial America. He came to view the British imposition of high taxes and tariffs as a tool of oppression, and he no longer believed that the government in England had the colonists’ best interests in mind. He was a critic of the Stamp Act of 1765, in which the British levied a tax on legal documents, newspapers and playing cards in the North American colonies. Adams also spoke out against the Townshend Acts of 1767, which levied tariffs on goods such as paper, glass and tea that were imported to America. Despite his objection to what he thought was unfair taxation by the British, Adams, a principled man, represented the British soldiers accused of murder in the Boston Massacre of March 1770. Adams wanted to ensure that the soldiers–who were charged with firing into an unruly crowd of civilians in Boston and killing five people–received a fair trial. In 1774, Adams attended the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia as a Massachusetts delegate.

( The Continental Congress served as the government of the 13 American colonies and later the United States, from 1774 to 1789.) In 1775, as a delegate to the Second Continental Congress, Adams nominated George Washington (1732-99) to serve as commander of the colonial forces in the American Revolutionary War (1775-83), which had just begun. As a congressional delegate, Adams would later nominate Thomas Jefferson to draft the Declaration of Independence . Diplomatic Missions to Europe In 1778, Adams was sent to Paris, France, to secure aid for the colonists’ cause. The following year, he returned to America and worked as the principal framer of the Massachusetts Constitution (the world’s oldest surviving written constitution). By the early 1780s, Adams was in Europe again, serving in a diplomatic capacity. In 1783, he, along with John Jay (1745-1829) and Benjamin Franklin (1706-90) helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris , which officially ended hostilities between America and Britain.

Franklin had served as the American minister to France since 1776, and while Adams often felt that he worked harder than Franklin, it was the older man’s charm that opened diplomatic doors for his blunter, more combative colleague. Adams remained in Europe after the war, and served as the United States’ first ambassador to Britain, from 1785 to 1788. After returning to America, he was a participant in the Constitutional Convention that nominated Washington to serve as the nation’s first president. Adams lobbied for the vice presidency and won. (In early elections, the president and vice president were elected separately.) Although Washington and Adams shared many political views, the vice president’s role seemed primarily ceremonial, and Adams spent the next eight years, from 1789 to 1797, in frustration. Adams once remarked: “My country has in its wisdom contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived.” When Washington retired in 1796, Adams ran for the presidency and won over Thomas Jefferson, who became vice president.

The President Faces Tensions Abroad Adams took office in March 1797, and his presidency was quickly taken up with foreign affairs. Britain and France were at war, which directly affected American trade. During his tenure, Washington had managed to maintain neutrality, but tensions had escalated by the time Adams became president. In 1797, he sent a delegation to France to negotiate a treaty but the French refused to meet with the delegates, and the French foreign minister, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord (1754-1838), demanded a large bribe. Adams refused to deal with the French on these terms, and the bribery scandal, which became known as the XYZ Affair, boosted Adams’ popularity immensely. An undeclared naval war broke out between the U.S. and France in 1798 and lasted until 1800, when a peace treaty was signed. Adams squandered his popularity by signing the Alien and Sedition Acts into law in 1798. Ostensibly written to protect American interests, the acts gave the government broad powers to deport “enemy” aliens and arrest anyone who strongly disagreed with the government.

Jefferson and his allies, who called themselves the Democratic-Republicans, assailed these laws, declaring them unconstitutional. Many Americans, having shed one oppressive government, feared that their new government might resort to similar tactics. Although the laws were never abused and, in fact, had built-in expirations, they hurt Adams and helped cost him the election in 1800. A Tireless Writer After his presidency, Adams had a long and productive retirement. He and his wife lived in Quincy, Massachusetts, and the former president spent the next quarter-century writing columns, books and letters. In 1812, he was encouraged to begin exchanging letters with his old rival Thomas Jefferson, and their voluminous correspondence lasted the rest of their lives. Abigail Adams died in 1818 but John Adams lived long enough to see his son John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) become America’s sixth president in 1824. By that point, the elder Adams and Jefferson were among the last living signers of the Declaration of Independence.

On July 4, 1826 (the Declaration’s 50th anniversary), the 90-year-old Adams uttered his last words: “Thomas Jefferson still survives.” He died later that day. What he did not know was that earlier that morning Jefferson, too, had passed away. Access hundreds of hours of historical video, commercial free, with HISTORY Vault . Start your free trial today. Tags

Question: What surname was shared by the second and sixth presidents of the USA?
Answer: Adams